Wii Sports Baseball: Tips and Tricks
So, you think you're Babe Ruth or Hank Aaron? Listen up water boy 'cause you ain't nothing unless you know how to hit the ball.
In Wii Sports Baseball you have a team of players that you control in a short three inning game of baseball. Well, you don't exactly control them as all you do is pitch the ball and bat. the outfielders, infielders and runners all do their own thing.
Batting
Not much to say here. You just swing the Wii-mote like a baseball bat. Some pitches require a little bit of english on the swing to hit them. If you hit the ball early you will hit it left, hit it late and it goes right. Send it far enough left or right and you get a foul. Fouls count as strikes unless you already have two strikes.
Pitching
With pitching you have a lot more options.
- Control Pad - use this to aim where you want the ball to go.
- A Button - Screwball
- B Button - Curveball
- A+B Button - Splitter
Tips
When you swing the bat from low to high you can often get the ball to travel further. Watch out for the splitter pitches though as they are very hard to hit. If your opponent keeps pitching splitters just bunt. If they still keep throwing splitters than whack him with a wiffle ball bat a few times until he learns his lesson!
When you are pitching throw splitters! They are hard to hit and, as long as your opponent has not read this, you will beat him!
I have also found that aiming curveballs and screwballs with an extra tap of the control pad so that they almost hit the batter is also a great way to land some strikes! Just be careful though and don't throw two of the same pitch in a row once you start playing at the Pro level 'cause the computer player will hit them!
It takes a lot out of it when you don’t have to position the guys or anything to make the catch. Too bad they don’t let you take over control to increase difficulty.
I got 9 home runs.
Bah! Bunting splitters! Why didn’t I think of that? I almost always ground out to the second baseman or shortstop when I get thrown a splitter. I’ll give the bunt a try
I hit 8 homers in the first inning alone. Just sit on the fastball the computer eventually lays one right down the middle.
another tip for splitters, just dont hit them, i have never had a person or cpu pitch a splitter and it not been a strike unless i tryed 2 hit it, and it is possable to hit them b4 they break down, you just have 2 swing early :P
p.s. if you swing up, u will almost always hit a homer, i hit 12 n the first inning doing this, but dont swing up too high or you hill pop it up
yo ,thanks 4 the tips.After reading your tips i played baseball in nintendo wii and the results were 38-7. I improved by +157 skill points and now i’m a pro.
my skill level is 2334 thanks to your tip. my highest score was 43-5!
Nice tips, my skill level is now 3032, no kidding, in one match i threw 14 strikes and had 21 home runs, the final score was 35-1. Plus, i played a level 3500 CPU player and they sucked! I beat them by 34 points! They kept dropping the ball and in training mode, in the first baseball excercise, i hit the ball 253 Meters. Thats like OVER the stadium.
it doenst work
My high score is 13 and im realy proud lol
what happens if you go pro im not pro in anything yet but im trying to be on bowling (i get a limmeted time to play) im realy good at homes tho just hold a and b when you swing you dont even have to swing up then
my highest score is like 10 i need to work at it lol i suck my fav game is boxing tho so i dont realy play it so i have an excuse lol but still what happens if you go pro
any 1 no y its goes from being easy to difficult from the point of becommin a pro, ive only got a few points over pro n now im gettin owned even tho im duin tha same things as before, ive even used tha tips listed in this page and all ive hit so far is to doubles and a home run and my pitchin is still average, ive gon from winning by mercy rule in tha first or second inning to not even b able to compete any ideas any 1?
You are making way too much of the splitter pitch. My advice, throw it as a strikeout pitch when you really need a strikeout. If you throw it too much you will be screwed; this is why:
1) It’s easy to spot, it doesn’t spin.
2) 90% of the time it’s a ball; anyone who even casually plays Wii Baseball will identify it and just let it float by. The only way you can get someone to swing and miss it is to surprise them (SO DON’T THROW IT ALL THE TIME)
3) Probably a good 20% of the time, the pitch will not be a splitter and will instead float at 70 mph right over the plate. If that wasn’t bad enough, an exclamation point will appear over the pitcher’s head telling the batter you just f$#%ed up.
Remember, you don’t need the splitter. You can get ANYBODY out with confidence, and properly mixing speeds (don’t ever let the hitter get comfortable with one speed).
Best of Luck!
how do you bunt?
Yeah how do u bunt?
i think all you do is hold the bat out
To bat hold the bat vertically and just flip the control foreward and slightly up.
that tard that said his highest score was 43-5 – not possible unless he did it all in the third period
if you have 6 or more in the first inning the game says mercy rule
is the picture on the top of this page real? it looks like there are 9 innings on the scoreboard. is there a way to play 9 innings on this baseball game?
is there a way to play 9 innings in wii sports baseball judging from the picture on the top of this page?
How do you consistently throw a 90mph heater? I find my fastballs are in the 60’s 70’s rangs most the time.
I’ve found that instead of actually pitching, just flicking your wrist is easier and more efficent.
I’ve found that if you chop at the ball like an axe, vertically straight down, and stop right when the Wii-mote is basically horizontal, during the homerun derby it is an HR every time. I’m not sure how well it works during the game. I have found that holding B while swinging helps the distance while swinging regularly, I haven’t tried sure about the A&B comment earlier. Also, while pitching you can press 2 for sidearm and then 1 to go back to overhand. I normally pitch with a normal throwing motion and end up throwing 93-96 mph fastballs consistently. All I throw for the most part is inside fastballs and the comp usually fouls them off, then I throw the splitter. I have heard that you can just flick your wrist for a fast pitch.
Well, if your oppenent pitches splitters, just dont bat and its a ball. Almost every time that works for me.
Flicking your wrist does throw a quick heater from abot 90-94 mph. Yes, it is possible to be walked (though it rarely ever happens). The CPU throws at a pro level, up to 104 mph (Thats how high the cpu for my game threw it in 1 game) so they can throw pretty fast. Mercy rules are decided by runs, obviously enough, 5-0, 6-1, 7-2 ect. A helpful way to train you to hit more efficently, is to go into training mode and select “Hitting the Ball.” The CPU pitches fastballs down the middle for about 10 or so pitches. Then the CPU starts to throw curves, screws, and sometimes, the splitter. My highest score in a game was 28-4 vs. a semi pro (Almost a pro player.). Hope some of these things help you on your epic journey to conquer Wii SPorts!
wii baseball is not reallyreal baseball. because if there team is not on the base its still an out. sometimes if you hit the back wall it will be a triple.sometimes when you hit a ball highier then the stadiom they will drop the ball. sometimes if you it a ball that bounces out of the stands it will not be a homerun. when bases loaded with two outs they will strike you out. if you want to reply to me to tell me that something happend.
When I read the post about the 43 to one game I also thought it was ridiculous. Especially when he said he threw 14 strikes. Not possible. Too many batters without enough runs from the pc to not be a mercy rule game. My current skill level is 2119. I have only lost one game to Sakura. I also doubt the guy who said he faced a 3500 AI player. I’ve never seen anyone higher than a 1450. As far as the splitter goes. Sakura and the other pros love to throw them. If you get three balls and no or one strike. Watch the pitch. Even if you watch a strike, you might get a ball with a full count. If you have three balls and no strikes and swing at the pitch, you risk hitting a ground out or a fly out. LEARN TO WATCH PITCHES!!!! That’s how you beat the computer. Never swing at the splitter (it doesn’t spin). I’ve only seen about three or four cross the plate for a strike when watched.
Now, what pisses me off is when I throw a splitter in the first inning trying to get strike three and it turns into a meatball!! I should not be throwing meatballs after 5 to 10 pitches. Makes me want to punch the programmer. Also, it pisses me off when my team makes errors at crucial moments in the game and allows tying and go ahead runs.
I hear ya – pisses me off too to see how the CPU:
(1)converts my 1st inning splitters into meatballs
(2)rarely makes mistakes in the field. My guys, on the other hand, are forever screwing up straight forward plays and dropping pop-ups
(3)swacks a 94 mph fastball thats clearly off the far side of the plate for a home run on the other side of the field!!
Its still my favorite Wii game though.
I have been playing the baseball on the sports for some time now ive had various scores win and lose yet i dont have any skill level at all. Does anyone know what you have to do to get any skill level.
Thank you.
please can someone tell me if this is true: if you hit the scoreboard all the miis come out and dance. please I need an answer.
@Ben, yes it’s true if you hit the scoreboard all the miis come out and dance. Also, if you hit the pitcher with a line drive, all the miis clear the bench and brawl on the field. I could only get it to happen once so far though cuz it’s really hard to line drive the pitcher.
how can you pitch uperhan and how underhand
just press 2
This page is anti-lefty. I am a lefty and when I swing too early, it goes right and when I swing too late, it goes right. Do not forget about us lefties!
The Wii remote detects acceleration, not speed.
If you’re looking to pitch faster, forget throwing harder- just flick your wrist. This generates much more acceleration than throwing (shorter lever arm= speed advantage…consult your nearest grade 2 physics text).
I have not gotten to try the cheats, but ill bet they work. The rocket ball works in tennis, so im pretty sure they wont let down a PRO in BOXING!!! With the Skill Level OVER 2000! Of course Ive only had my WII for 2 months.
– Daniel T.